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Assemblage artist Catriona Faulkner tells us why she chose the Blue Boar venue to inspire her piece 'The Boozer' for the Thames' Group's 'Scene By The Sea' exhibition.
Ceramicist Richard Baxter explains why he chose six venues on the 'Scene By The Sea' map, in order to create his contribution to the Thames Group's exhibition of the same name.
Painter Simon Monk tells how he killed two birds with one stone when he made his piece for the Thames Group's 'Scene By The Sea exhibition' at the Beecroft Art Gallery, Southend.
Actor and filmmaker Charles Sharman-Cox talks to photographer Graham Cann about their collaboration for the Thames Group's 2025 'Scene By The Sea' exhibition at the the Beecroft `Art Gallery, Southend.
When painter Tony Branch was looking for inspiration for the Thames Group's 'Scene By The Sea' exhibition he went back to 1967 when ''The Who played the now defunct Kingsway Cinema in Hadleigh Essex.
Taking inspiration from a number of venues on Southend Sea front that are included on 'The Scene By The Sea' map, milliner Sara Grundy and photographer Tessa Hallmann have joined forces to create two wonderful pieces for exhibition.
Painter John Gathercole remembers the time he frequented the infamous 'Junk Club' in Southend-on-Sea. Little did he know that years later he would end up back in Southend at the Beecroft Art Gallery exhibiting alongside Junk Club founders, Ciaran O'Shea and Dean Chalkley in the Thames Group's 'Scene By The Sea' show.
For her inspiration for the Thames Group's Beecroft Art Gallery exhibition, Southend, ceramist Julie O'Sullivan looks back to the time she went to the run down and now demolished Queens Hotel, Westcliff, to see her favourite band, 'Rent Party'.
Back in the day, Nina Simone's classic, 'I Put a Spell on You' was Jennie Sharman-Cox's favourite record on the 'The Harold Dog' coffee bar juke box and has inspired her piece for the 'Scene By The Sea' exhibition.
In August 1952 comedy legends, Laurel & Hardy played live at the Odeon cinema Southend. The Odeon is not only venue number 16 on the ‘Scene By The Sea’ map but is also one of the inspiration for sculptor and mixed media artists Anne Schwegmann-Fielding’s new work, ‘Another Fine Mess’.
The Studio Jazz Club in Southend is no longer with us, but painter Tadeus Blower is keeping its memory alive with his new work 'Donovan Live at the Studio' - an imagined memory of the singer songwriter's first professional gig.
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